Gothenburg based synthesizer manufacturer Elektron popped up in 1998 with the release of the Sidstation. Elektron have quite a few Release related artist among their users, e.g.; Nine Inch Nails, M83, The Knife, Skinny Puppy, Hot Chip, Orbital, Jean Michel Jarre, Autechre, New Order, Chemical Brothers and Air. Things have certainly developed from being a C64 cult item. Today this company have a range of different electronic instruments.

With the addition of Oslo, Canadian synthpop veterans Rational Youth and Psyche will play 4 dates in Scandinavia in April and May next year. The other cities are Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö in Sweden.